Anna Bastron
ge-ann.bsky.social
Anna Bastron
@ge-ann.bsky.social
Sitecore MVP 2021-2024 | Solutions Architect at ByteMinds
Can't believe it's been 5 years already! 😮 Grateful to be part of this fantastic community, which continues to inspire me every day. Huge congrats to all MVPs around the world! 👏🤩
Congratulations to all 2025 Sitecore MVPs! We’re thrilled to welcome 241 individuals, including 43 new faces.

A special round of applause to those celebrating a decade: Rob Habraken, Bas Lijten, Troy Outtram, Rodrigo Peplau, Mohammed Syam, and Jason Wilkerson.

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January 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Reposted by Anna Bastron
I wrote a bit about "low change" integration of Entra External ID as login for a #Sitecore website a while back - but further project discussion lead to trying Ping Identity as well. They offer a different model - where you don't need all the redirects:

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Integrating Ping Identity for public login [by Jeremy Davis]
If you want a minimal IDAM integration that wasn't Entra External ID, what might that look like with Ping Identity?
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December 16, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Reposted by Anna Bastron
Wondering which hosting provider to use for your #Sitecore XM Cloud project? I took a quick look at how multiple vendors stack up on Security and Compliance. Who has ISO, SOC2, or PCI compliance? Who doesn’t have HIPAA compliance? Follow the series for more!
How to Choose a Next.js Host for Your XM Cloud Project - Security and Compliance
Wondering which hosting provider to use for your Sitecore XM Cloud project? Join Jason St-Cyr from Fishtank as he takes a quick look at how multiple vendors ...
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November 22, 2024 at 1:00 PM
💡 Finally got time to write down my experience and lessons learned from using Sitecore ADM.

Have you used the ADM module? If so, what tips or insights would you add?

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Learnings from using Sitecore ADM
If you worked with a Sitecore XP website that has been live for a long time, I am sure you are familiar with the xDB cleanup requirements. I usually recommend to agree xDB data retention and set up th...
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November 21, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Reposted by Anna Bastron
I've spent time recently looking at memory optimisation in some C# code to make it run faster. I was looking at a ray tracer, but the same concepts apply to websites and any other code.

The ideas might help you too, so I wrote up some of the things I looked at:

blog.jermdavis.dev/posts/2024/o...
Optimising your allocations in .Net [by Jeremy Davis]
Understanding why allocations in .Net are a challenge when you need top performance, and how to optimise code
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November 18, 2024 at 9:35 AM